Glengormley facelift ‘a step in the right direction’ say traders

Glengormley's Ferbro Buildings which is due for improvement during the current phase of government sponsored works in Glengormley town centre. INNT 06-092-FP

07:00Monday 11 February 2013

GLENGORMLEY traders’ representatives welcomed a major funding programme for the town this week.

At last week’s council meeting a contractor was appointed to carry out work on improving Portland Avenue as part of a major environmental improvement scheme.

The work is part of a large scale improvement programme which will see close to £1million spent on Glengormley in the Portland Avenue, Ballyclare Road, car wash and Ferbro Buildings area.

Around £650,000 has been earmarked for major public realm works, environmental improvements and town landscaping, while another £150,000 has been set aside for new 3D shutters to be installed, new signage, shop front painting and a marketing campaign.

The money is being provided from both the Department of Social Development and Newtownabbey Borough Council and is part of an improvement programme in both Glengormley and Ballyclare.

Ed Burns, chairman of the Glengormley Traders Association incorporating the Glengormley Chamber of Commerce said the work was a start to improving the ailing town centre’s fortunes.

He said: “This is just a start, we know that there are tough times ahead of us and that this will not - on its own - bring more business and people into the town, but it is a step in the right direction.

“Thirty-six businesses will be directly involved in this work. There will be a £20,000 marketing campaign which will be a significant boost to the town and then there will be £35,000 spent on the car wash area that will significantly improve the look of the town and make it really attractive to business and people.

“There will also be work on opening up the town to make it more of an open space for people to walk around and improvements to building and lighting.

“The whole objective of this plan is to revitalise the town and encourage more people to shop local and I’m pleased with the plans and the progress we have made.”

Mr Burns continued: “For two years we have been fighting for this funding and it is from the hard work of our committee that we have been able to bring this about.

“Our group is dedicated voluntary organisation that receives no funding and works for the benefit of everyone.”

Work has already begun around the town on the major works project and is scheduled to continued throughout the year, hopefully finishing before the end of the year.

This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice.
If you have a complaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then contact the
Editor by clicking here.

If you remain dissatisfied with the response provided then you can contact the IPSO by
clicking here.

Newtownabbey Times provides news, events and sport features from the Newtownabbey area. For the best up to date information relating to Newtownabbey and the surrounding areas visit us at Newtownabbey Times regularly or bookmark this page.

For you to enjoy all the features of this website Newtownabbey Times requires permission to use cookies.

Find Out More ▼

What is a Cookie?

What is a Flash Cookie?

Can I opt out of receiving Cookies?

About our Cookies

Cookies are small data files which are sent to your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome etc) from a website you visit. They are stored on your electronic device.

This is a type of cookie which is collected by Adobe Flash media player (it is also called a Local Shared Object) - a piece of software you may already have on your electronic device to help you watch online videos and listen to podcasts.

Yes there are a number of options available, you can set your browser either to reject all cookies, to allow only "trusted" sites to set them, or to only accept them from the site you are currently on.

However, please note - if you block/delete all cookies, some features of our websites, such as remembering your login details, or the site branding for your local newspaper may not function as a result.

The types of cookies we, our ad network and technology partners use are listed below:

Revenue Science ►

A tool used by some of our advertisers to target adverts to you based on pages you have visited in the past. To opt out of this type of targeting you can visit the 'Your Online Choices' website by clicking here.

Google Ads ►

Our sites contain advertising from Google; these use cookies to ensure you get adverts relevant to you. You can tailor the type of ads you receive by visiting here or to opt out of this type of targeting you can visit the 'Your Online Choices' website by clicking here.

Digital Analytics ►

This is used to help us identify unique visitors to our websites. This data is anonymous and we cannot use this to uniquely identify individuals and their usage of the sites.

Dart for Publishers ►

This comes from our ad serving technology and is used to track how many times you have seen a particular ad on our sites, so that you don't just see one advert but an even spread. This information is not used by us for any other type of audience recording or monitoring.

ComScore ►

ComScore monitor and externally verify our site traffic data for use within the advertising industry. Any data collected is anonymous statistical data and cannot be traced back to an individual.

Local Targeting ►

Our Classified websites (Photos, Motors, Jobs and Property Today) use cookies to ensure you get the correct local newspaper branding and content when you visit them. These cookies store no personally identifiable information.

Grapeshot ►

We use Grapeshot as a contextual targeting technology, allowing us to create custom groups of stories outside out of our usual site navigation. Grapeshot stores the categories of story you have been exposed to. Their privacy policy and opt out option can be accessed here.

Subscriptions Online ►

Our partner for Newspaper subscriptions online stores data from the forms you complete in these to increase the usability of the site and enhance user experience.

Add This ►

Add This provides the social networking widget found in many of our pages. This widget gives you the tools to bookmark our websites, blog, share, tweet and email our content to a friend.